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Strathearn 2014 Thompson Bros 10 Year Old Dramton Abbey
Subtitle (S1)
Dramton Abbey is a very special Thompson Bros bottling from the Dornoch Distillery Company. It was distilled in 2014 at Strathearn as part of the pre-war whisky tour, membership of which included:
Diego Sandrin, Simon Thompson, Philip Thompson, Angus MacRaild, Olivier Humbrecht, Max Righi, Geert Bero, Marcel van Gils, Hans Ekstrom, Patrick de Schultes, Jeroen Koetsier, Emmanuel Dron, Jon Beech, Serge Valentin, Dominiek Bouckaert, Tomas Karlson, Hideo Yamaoka, Jonny McMillan, Christophe "Billy" Van Gysel and Dick Beech.
The spirit was distilled using 1960s Marris Otter barley and propagated liquid brewer's yeast with over 2 weeks of fermentation in wood. It was slow distilled with spirit cuts taken by the committee.
The mash and fermentations were managed by Angus MacRaild while the Thompsons did the wash and spirit distillations.
Distillery
Distillery status
Operational
Age
10 year old
Vintage
2014
Production Type
Single malt
Region
Highland
Brand
Quote
So, with a dozen friends including The Sponge, a Fiddler and the Thompsons, we got the keys of the distillery ten years ago and could make our own malt whisky under our own specs, with no distillery owners, manager or workers in the way! It's almost been as if we only had to leave the keys under the doormat when leaving.
Distillery
Strathearn
A small Highland malt whisky distillery located in Methven, just a few miles west of Perth. It was established in 2013 and is today owned by Douglas Laing & Co which relaunched the distillery's single malt brand in 2024.
Founded
2013
Production type
Single malt
Brand
Thompson Bros
The brand name used by the Dornoch Distillery Company to bottle its own single malt whiskies, as well as a range of independent bottlings of whisky and brandy from other distillers. It was launched in 2016, with the first Dornoch single malts released in 2021.
Founded
2016
Production type
Brandy,
Single grain,
Single malt
Company
Dornoch Distillery Company
A distiller and independent bottler, founded in 2013 as the Black Isle Whisky Company in 2013 by Simon and Philip Thompson. It opened the Dornoch distillery in 2016, producing its own single malt whisky and gin which it markets using the Thompson Bros brand name.
Founded
2013
Company type
Distiller,
Independent Bottler
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